Bogota vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$388	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	89	24
😀 Quality of life	60	39
🏙️ Population	8.03M	6.56M

The cost of living in Bogota is 50% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 6104th and 7740th ($887 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 263rd in Colombia and China, respectively. Check Colombia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 5261st and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Shaoyang

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	Bogota	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$11393

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Cities near Bogota

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Soacha	$794
39 km or 24 mi	Facatativa	$674
46 km or 29 mi	Zipaquira	$709
72 km or 44 mi	Villavicencio	$497
88 km or 55 mi	Girardot	$493
127 km or 79 mi	Ibague	$529
130 km or 81 mi	Tunja	$563
165 km or 102 mi	Manizales	$653
166 km or 103 mi	Salento	$605
176 km or 109 mi	Sogamoso	$534
177 km or 110 mi	Duitama	$882
178 km or 110 mi	Armenia	$598
181 km or 113 mi	Pereira	$680
202 km or 126 mi	Yopal	$722
205 km or 127 mi	Cartago	$649
231 km or 144 mi	Neiva	$557
241 km or 150 mi	Envigado	$897
243 km or 151 mi	Tulua	$513
246 km or 153 mi	Medellin	$906
252 km or 157 mi	Bello	$839
274 km or 170 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
274 km or 170 mi	Palmira	$666
294 km or 182 mi	Floridablanca	$648
298 km or 185 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
301 km or 187 mi	Cali	$748
311 km or 193 mi	Quibdo	$705
338 km or 210 mi	Buenaventura	$742
371 km or 230 mi	Popayan	$477
375 km or 233 mi	Florencia	$410
392 km or 244 mi	Rubio	$599
399 km or 248 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
405 km or 252 mi	Cucuta	$562
405 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
411 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
412 km or 256 mi	Ocana	$650
454 km or 282 mi	La Grita	$618
458 km or 285 mi	Arauca	$649
472 km or 293 mi	Guasdualito	$665
486 km or 302 mi	Turbo	$664
503 km or 312 mi	Monteria	$645

Cities near Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600